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Government Relations Update – Summer 2021

August 27, 2021 Chris Neff Government Relations, NJ Audubon

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Morning Flight – Week 2

August 16, 2021 Melissa Roach Morning Flight, NJ Audubon, Seasonal Research, View From The Cape

The second week of the count season was dominated by southerly winds, as well as some days of rain, making for poor flight conditions in general. Despite the less-than-ideal weather patterns, we had several days of solid movement and some fresh arrivals. Monday was our most active day of the…...

Morning Flight 2021 is Underway!

August 9, 2021 Melissa Roach Morning Flight, NJ Audubon, Seasonal Research, View From The Cape

A Yellow Warbler blending in with the vegetation. Photo © Tom Reed. Hello everyone, and welcome to the fall 2021 Morning Flight count season! My name is Jerald Reb, and I will be the Morning Flight counter this year, returning from 2019. I look forward to seeing many of you…...

Assessing Eastern Whip-poor-will Response on Working Lands for Wildlife Young Forests

July 28, 2021 Steven Garcia NJ Audubon

By Elizabeth Matseur Since 2012 New Jersey Audubon, in collaboration with the USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS), has worked to create young forest on private lands under the Working Lands for Wildlife (WLFW) Golden-winged Warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera) program. WLFW programs offer technical assistance and cost-share payments to landowners incentivizing…...

All Hands on Deck to Save and Restore NJ’s Atlantic White Cedar Ecosystems

June 3, 2021 John Parke NJ Audubon, Stewardship

Atlantic White Cedar (AWC) is a pioneer species with typical longevity of 200 to 300 years. However, in New Jersey AWC is only found in six counties and has lost about two-thirds of its acreage since the state began to be settled. Currently, there is only about 40,000 acres of…...

World Series of Birding 2021: Behind the scenes with Off the Rails

May 13, 2021 Melissa Roach NJ Audubon, Seasonal Research, View From The Cape

World Series of Birding 2021! The sophomore effort of Off the Rails, a team composed of seasonal staff both past and present (and future?), will be one to remember or at least try to remember; much of the day is now a blur. While this was our second year as…...

Ecological Disturbance in New Jersey Forests

May 12, 2021 Steven Garcia NJ Audubon, Stewardship

By Ryan Hasko The attraction to fire feels innately human, drawing both feelings of appreciation and respect whenever near one. Providing light and warmth, so many of us enjoy the crackling of a hot fire in a fireplace or sitting around a campfire on a cool night. Just as humans…...

George Myers Naturalist – 2021

April 23, 2021 Melissa Roach NJ Audubon, Seasonal Research, View From The Cape

Hello from CMBO! I, Will Kaselow, am taking this opportunity to introduce myself as the 2021 George Myers Naturalist and give an idea of how I see this position as well as how it has been going so far. To recap my first month in Cape May is a difficult…...

Cape May Springwatch: Late March / Early April update

April 15, 2021 Melissa Roach Cape May Springwatch, NJ Audubon, Seasonal Research, View From The Cape

A Short-eared Owl at the Cape May Springwatch on April 2. Photo © Tom Reed. By Tom Reed The weather has been less than ideal for bird migration in Cape May over the past few weeks. A generally cool and wet pattern has taken hold, and that has prevented any…...

Meet our spring seasonals!

April 14, 2021 Melissa Roach Cape May Springwatch, NJ Audubon, Seasonal Research, View From The Cape

We’ve got some amazing seasonal employees to help us carry out CMBO’s mission of connecting people with nature while also keeping our finger on the pulse of migration. Let’s meet our current seasonals! Springwatch Technician – Julian Grudens Julian is a birder and field biologist hailing from the sunshine state,…...

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